In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address in Lima, Ohio. As they gear up for re-election, many GOP governors, particularly those across the upper Midwest, find themselves in positions of strength, having benefited from improving economies, if not changes of heart over their policies. Kasich scored a victory when the legislature approved his agenda to lower taxes on income and businesses, specifically the states growing energy sector. And unemployment has tumbled steadily, from more than 9 percent when he took office to 7 percent in April. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)

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In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. It sounds like a free-market success story: a new gas drilling boom driven by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which delivers a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies that solar and wind power demand. But men who helped pioneer fracking recall a different story. From the shale fields of Texas and Wyoming to the Marcellus in the northeast, the U.S. Department of Energy contributed more than $100 million in direct federal research to help develop fracking, and Congress added $10 billion in tax breaks. Now, some of the biggest supporters of shale gas say the government should continue to back renewable energy research - for decades, if need be - to deliver future breakthroughs in that field. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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